Doing this whilst the negative mood is in the air.

 

After today's pantomime performance and us showing festive spirit(or drinking large amounts of it),i'm not one bit optimistic for the visit of

Jasper Carrot's favourites.

Dougie Freedman will know his honeymoon period is over and somehow needs to mould his shower of overpaid underperforming shower of shite into an effective team unit.

Atmosphere will be flatter than Mavis Riley's chest,crowd a disappointing 16,780 and i'm not even attempting to second guess the team selection.

6-1 to them with hat-tricks for the Francis twins,Kev and Trev.

Stu gets our goal

 

Had a bastardnuff of this dire muck being served up

Their keeper applauded the Bolton fans after the final whistle yesterday. North Stand when getting his towel then West Stand when walking off. Very strange.

Their keeper applauded the Bolton fans after the final whistle yesterday. North Stand when getting his towel then West Stand when walking off. Very strange.

 

He's their most saleable asset, and the owner's bank account is frozen pending a court case in March.

Worth a punt then?

Worth a punt then?

 

 

Off to Liverpool

Worth a punt then?

 

They turned down £6M from So'ton in the summer - before their financial apocalypse.

Expected to take what(ever) they can get now, which is probably less.

Just seen the goals

 

Their goal represents alot of what we're doing wrong; Alonso nowhere near close enough to block the cross and Mears non-attempt at jumping and heading the ball. Very, very poor

 

 

 

Their goal had Mears, at around 5' 6", trying to prevent Brum's 6' 4" striker getting the ball. If ever there was a case for Knight to be man-marking a player, this was it.

 

 

Their goal had Mears, at around 5' 6", trying to prevent Brum's 6' 4" striker getting the ball. If ever there was a case for Knight to be man-marking a player, this was it.

According to stats Mears is 5'10/11 not a tiny 5'6

 

Anyway his size doesn't excuse the horrific way he defended for the goal; it's not like the ball was too high for him

 

According to stats Mears is 5'10/11 not a tiny 5'6

 

Anyway his size doesn't excuse the horrific way he defended for the goal; it's not like the ball was too high for him

 

I am going to defend Mears with this one firstly Bogdan actually came for the cross then decided to not go through with it, Mears was trying to hold Zigic back giving Bogdan the chance to catch it unfortunately Bogdan changed his mind leaving Zigic to climb all over Mears so I'm blaming Bogdans indecision. In fairness to Jules you can't see that Bogdan did initially come for the cross.

Edited December 30, 201213 yr by Mounts Kipper

I'm not sayin he was solely responsible Mounts and I take onboard your point about Bogdan

 

However Mears just has to be stronger there for me

I'm not sayin he was solely responsible Mounts and I take onboard your point about Bogdan

 

However Mears just has to be stronger there for me

 

If Bogdan had Committed himself to the cross it would have been comfortably dealt with either caught or punched away, again to be fair to Mears zigic has a 7-8 inch height advantage and I would think 3-4 stone weight difference.

Just watched the goal again and the initial kick came from there keeper Knight challenged Zigic then both turned and ran into the box Zigic got wrong side of Knight and Mears had to pick up the pieces for me Knight has no excuses either he should have tracked Zigic and kept goal side of him.

It is the goalkeepers responsibility to come for balls into the box like that and for that reason Bogdan must take the blame for the goal.

It is the goalkeepers responsibility to come for balls into the box like that and for that reason Bogdan must take the blame for the goal.

 

spot on

According to stats Mears is 5'10/11 not a tiny 5'6

 

Anyway his size doesn't excuse the horrific way he defended for the goal; it's not like the ball was too high for him

 

and Zigic is 6'7+

could of backed into him and put him under pressure

could of backed into him and have away a penalty knowing our luck

 

 

spot on

 

It wouldn't have happened if Yussi had been in goal :thumbsup:

That's not Bogdan's fault, soft ball in, players between him and the ball and Zat knight glued to the floor.

That's not Bogdan's fault, soft ball in, players between him and the ball and Zat knight glued to the floor.

 

as a keeper you own that box and shift every fucker in your way

Absolute bollocks, unless you want to give stupid penalties away. Everyone does their job and it's not a problem.

Absolute bollocks, unless you want to give stupid penalties away. Everyone does their job and it's not a problem.

 

watch other keepers then

Fucking none of them come flying through groups of players. Suppose he should be catching it too.

Al Habsi would have

He'd have scored too.

Fucking none of them come flying through groups of players. Suppose he should be catching it too.

 

There was no group of players between where the ball dropped and where Bogdan was he should of made it his ball.